Whilst in Queenstown it was also time to do a couple of trips. The first being another Lord of the Rings tour which turned out to be a great way to see the scenery out and about. It also turned out to be a personal guided tour as me and Jen were the only ones on it that day!
It was a fab little day spent driving to the various filming locations such as where Aragon fought the Orcs, where Sam and Frodo saw the Oliphants, where Isengard and Lothlorien where, where the flight to the ford and the kings pillars on the River Anduin were situated..plus so many more. If you don't know Lord of the Rings well, just be assured it really was a day of "oh yeah, I can see it now" for us film fans, as well as plenty of "ahhh's" and "oooohhh's"! It was great to see a bit of Glenorchy and Arrowtown that lay a little outside of Queenstown. Arrowtown was strange as all the streets were named after counties in the UK so I hunted down "Berkshire Street" and got a snapshot! Result!
We must've saw over 10 locations as well as seeing the lands that Peter Jackson and Sam Neill (from Jurassic Park) owned...I shouted out "Hello Mr Neill!" as we on drove past.
They both bought land to conserve it's native plant life and make sure it's not built up on...always nice to see Hollywood doing it's part!
The next day was a early trip out (7am) to Milford Sound...a bloody long way away as it turned out but with a few stops here and there for photos whilst driving into Fjordland National Park (NZ's biggest). We went to Lake Te Anau (2nd largest NZ lake) which meant I'd paddled my muddy boots in all the top 4 largest lakes in New Zealand! Quite an achievement for my boots. At one stop we even saw another cheeky, "Kea" Mountain Parrot. They're such funny creatures as they bound about and come right up to you looking for food. But you shouldn't give them food as it makes them crazy as we saw when someone gave a Kea a cookie....it went hyper! We finally got to the cruise boat at 1pm ready for a free lunch! Brilliant! Then went outside to enjoy the mesmerizing sights of the most famous Fjord. A Fjord is a valley carved by glacier and encroached by water. So it meant you sailed through sheer cliff sides dotted all around you with freshwater falling down them directly into the ocean. It really was pretty as they sailed the boat right into the waterfalls. Also we saw more fur seals!
Whilst in Queenstown it was also time to do a couple of trips. The first being another Lord of the Rings tour which turned out to be a great way to see the scenery out and about. It also turned out to be a personal guided tour as me and Jen were the only ones on it that day! 
It was a fab little day spent driving to the various filming locations such as where Aragon fought the Orcs, where Sam and Frodo saw the Oliphants, where Isengard and Lothlorien where, where the flight to the ford and the kings pillars on the River Anduin were situated..plus so many more. If you don't know Lord of the Rings well, just be assured it really was a day of "oh yeah, I can see it now" for us film fans, as well as plenty of "ahhh's" and "oooohhh's"! It was great to see a bit of Glenorchy and Arrowtown that lay a little outside of Queenstown. Arrowtown was strange as all the streets were named after counties in the UK so I hunted down "Berkshire Street" and got a snapshot! Result! 
We must've saw over 10 locations as well as seeing the lands that Peter Jackson and Sam Neill (from Jurassic Park) owned...I shouted out "Hello Mr Neill!" as we on drove past. They both bought land to conserve it's native plant life and make sure it's not built up on...always nice to see Hollywood doing it's part!
The next day was a early trip out (7am) to Milford Sound...a bloody long way away as it turned out but with a few stops here and there for photos whilst driving into Fjordland National Park (NZ's biggest). We went to Lake Te Anau (2nd largest NZ lake) which meant I'd paddled my muddy boots in all the top 4 largest lakes in New Zealand! Quite an achievement for my boots. At one stop we even saw another cheeky, "Kea" Mountain Parrot. They're such funny creatures as they bound about and come right up to you looking for food. But you shouldn't give them food as it makes them crazy as we saw when someone gave a Kea a cookie....it went hyper! We finally got to the cruise boat at 1pm ready for a free lunch! Brilliant! Then went outside to enjoy the mesmerizing sights of the most famous Fjord. A Fjord is a valley carved by glacier and encroached by water. So it meant you sailed through sheer cliff sides dotted all around you with freshwater falling down them directly into the ocean. It really was pretty as they sailed the boat right into the waterfalls. Also we saw more fur seals!
1 comment:
Quick explanation required for photos as there's a lot of them.... the first is a film scene of Orcs at "Amon Hen", the next is it's location as of now. The third is where the Oliphants could be seen by Frodo and Sam looking over the edge in the second film. The next two photos are of the Nazgul at "Ford Bruinen" and its film location. The last is ME at Milford! Hope that all makes sense! Cheers! x
Post a Comment